Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections. Dean Kamen Read Quote
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. Dean Kamen Read Quote
We can’t live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we’re all doomed. Dean Kamen Read Quote
Whatever the marketplace, if talented people are given resources, they’re going to keep driving us to having better, simpler, cheaper solutions to problems. Dean Kamen Read Quote
More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing. Dean Kamen Read Quote
We’re working on ways to make potable water from polluted water, whether it has organics in it or salt from the ocean, at very low energy input. Dean Kamen Read Quote
My plane is a Premiere; it has very efficient gas turbine engines. It goes very fast on relatively little fuel. Flying has been my passion since I was a kid. Dean Kamen Read Quote
I’ve never had a business plan. Every project we’ve ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling. Dean Kamen Read Quote
Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many places in the world where, as we’ve seen, they just won’t do the job. The modern version of the Stirling engine has some very, very attractive characteristics, and we’re trying to optimize it for some of those applications. Dean Kamen Read Quote
